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Constituency

18. Raiganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1957

WB-RAIGANJ

INC 24.6%won by 1.3%INC 23.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 1.2% to 1.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.0% between them, down from 61.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
85,129
Margin
1,076
1.26%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCINC swing
0.0%
INC share
31.2% 24.6%
INC share
31.2% 24.6%
Turnout